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Does anyone have any tips for getting more beans into a batch per roast? I feel 100g is on the small side of what I want. We seem to be going through the 100g batches in about 3 days. I can only roast on the weekends and Id like to roast larger batches. Any ideas?

100g is about the limit with making batches on that machine. I typically wait about 3-4 hours for the machine to cool and then make another batch. Typically do 3-4 batches over the weekend and that gets me through the week.

Supposedly you'll shorten the machine life. I have no way to know if it's true or not. Electing not to take the chance.

The other reason to not roast back to back is you'd have to make a slight adjustment to the roast profiles recipe as the unit would start from a warmer point. I routinely dry my beans for 2 minutes at low temp, before starting the roast process in earnest.
Edited by oldwasichu on 03/11/2018 7:05 AM

Does anyone have any tips for getting more beans into a batch per roast? I feel 100g is on the small side of what I want. We seem to be going through the 100g batches in about 3 days. I can only roast on the weekends and Id like to roast larger batches. Any ideas?

AlanAdler does 140 grams in his SR500. He also made a nice mod for the roast chamber that effectively turns the sr500 into a spouting bed: http://coffeegeek...010#594010
A nice mod here that I'm getting ready to try: https://forum.hom...ad_id=4760(Update: Broke my SR500 chamber trying this. Time to order a new one).
Edited by JitterzZ on 03/13/2019 9:00 AM